Device for use in extracting ashes.



A TTOHNEYS Patented Mar. 26, MN.

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P INVENTOR 0. Cole.

E. C. C 0 L E DEVICE FOR use m xmncrma ASHES.

(Application filed Dec. 17, 1900.)

YHE NORRIS ETERS CD PNOTQ-L HOY, WASHINGTON. D. C.

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Patented Mar. 26, I90I.

E L U C C E DEVICE FOR USE IN EXTBACTING ASHES.

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A from/57s UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

ERNEST CHAPIN COL 3, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO COLE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR USE IN EXTRACTING ASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,767, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed December l7 1900. Serial No. 40,191. kNo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST CHAPIN COLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Use in Extracting Ashes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is animprovement in devices IQ for use in extracting ashes, being in the nature of a canopy or shield for application to the mouth or entrance of the ash-pit of the stove and to fit over the vessel placed to receive the ashes to prevent the dust from es- I 5 caping into the room.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as in use, the parts being in the position assumed when a shovelful of ashes is being deposited in the hod. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the apparatus as in use, the parts being in the position assumed when the shovel is inserted into the ash-pit of the stove. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner side of the rim or hopper. Fig. 4 is a side view of the rim or hopper, and Fig.

7 5 is a perspective view of the outer side of c the rim or hopper. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating the connection of the cloth cover with the rim-frame, and Fig. 7 shows a somewhat ditferent construction. Fig. 8 is a perspective View, Fig. 9 a longitudinal section,

Fig. 10 a cross-section, and Fig. 11 an end view, of a still different construction, as will be described.

By my invention I provide a canopy or cover A, of flexible material, which is adapted to fit over and conform to the open mouth of the receptacle B, into which it is desired to discharge the ashes from the ash-pit C of the stove. This receptacle B may be a coal-hod, as shown, or it may be any other form of vessel convenient for use. I find it desirable to adapt the cover A especially to a coal-hod by elongating the said cover, as shownin Fig. 1, because it is frequently convenient to remove the ashes in the same vessel which was previously used for bringingin the coal. The canopy or cover A is provided at A with an inlet-opening, through which the shovel D may be inserted and withdrawn to deposit its load of ashes in the vessel B, and this inletopening is preferably provided with a rim or frame adapted for application to the mouth of the ash-pit C of the stove, which in the construction shown is accomplished by providing a rim-frame E, which is flared on its inner side within the canopy A to form ahopper, and is provided at its outer side with a nipple E to fit in the mouth of the ash-pit, as shown in Fig. 2.

By preference the rim-frame E is in the shape of a hopper flaring into the cover or canopy to guide the shovel and composed of the top flange E whose outer lower edge is upturned at E to form a hook to engage beneath the top wall of the mouth C of the ash-pit and whose upper edge is extended upwardly at E for engagement by the screwbolt F of the cover F, and thebottom flange or chute-plate E whose outer edge is extended to form the nipple for entering the mouth C of the ash-pit and whose inner edge is extended sufficiently at E to make it serve the purpose of a chute-plate to insure the deposit of the ashes well within the vessel .13.

In securing the flexible canopy or cover A y to its rim-frame it is lapped at A along the outer side of the flange E and secured by rivets or otherwise and then brought over to I the front lside of the flange E and secured thereto by rivets or otherwise at A close to the nipple, so the hod or receptacle B can [it up between the chute-plate E and the depending portion A of the cover A, as is best shown in Fig. 2.

The canopy or cover A may be made of any suitable material, textile or otherwise, and I find in practice that ordinary bed-ticking may be used to good advantage. The cover is provided at a, with an opening for the handle D of the shovel D, through which the shovel can be manipulated, as willbe understood from Fig. 1. z 1

In operation the rim-frame is applied to the entrance to the ash-pit, as shown in Fig.

2, the top flange E resting beneath the projecting end of the screw-bolt F of the cover [00 F when the latter is raised. Whenthe parts are so adjusted, the shovel can be manipulated to withdraw the ashes from the ash-pit and of the vessel and preventing the escape of dust and the sheet-iron rim-frame fitting the entrance to the ash-pit and formed to provide a hopper within the cloth cover to aid in directing the shovel into the pit and also to form a chute-plate for directing the withdrawn ashes Well into the vessel B.

The provision of the inwardly-flaring ashhopper within the cover is an important feature of the invention, serving, as it does, to guide the shovel and also to prevent spilling of ashes over the side of the bed.

While the special construction at the outer side of the rim-frame for connection with the stove is preferred, because it adapts the device to the particular form of stove shown, which is one manufactured by me, it is obvious this special construction might be varied to suit any special form of stove without departing from the principles of my invention.

I prefer in practice to stamp the rim-frame out of one piece.

The flexible canopy is flexibly connected with the rim-fram e, so the handle of the shovel can be manipulated. This result is also accomplished in a measure by the construction shown in Fig. 7, in which the cover for the ash-receptacle is of sheet metal having a flexible or hinge connection at G with the rimframe, so the cover can be raised up, allowing the shovel to be pushed back and filled with ashes, and can be shut down over the shovel to prevent dust when the shovel is emptied into the hod. A hole G may be provided for the shovel-handle.

In Figs. 8 to 11, inclusive, I show a construction in which the canopy is inflexibly connected with the rim-frame and is provided with a longitudinal slot 1, in which the shovelhandle may operate, and with a hinged door 2, which will permit the insertion and removal of the shovel. This construction is also provided at 3 with an opening in which may ongage the screw on the door for the ash-pit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a flexible canopy or cover having an inlet-opening and provided at such opening with a rim-frame having a nipple to fit within the entrance of the ash-pit, a hook-like projecti'on at the upper side of said nipple and an upwardly-projecting flange and provided within the canopy with an inwardly-flaring hopper, the lower side of which is extended to form a chute-plate within the cover, the latter being provided with an opening for the passage of the handle of the implement for withdrawing the ashes substantially as set forth.

2. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a flexible canopy or cover adapted to fit over and conform to the open mouth of the ash-receptacle and a rim-frame connected with the said cover and formed for application to the mouth of the ash-pit substantially as described.

3. Adevice for use in extracting ashes comprisinga flexible cover or canopy having an inlet-opening and means connected therewith for application to the mouth of the ash pit substantially as described.

4. In a device for use in removing ashes a flexible canopy composed of a sheet of cloth or the like and a rim-frame adapted for application to the mouth of the ash-pit and to which the cloth sheetis secured substantially as set forth.

5. In a device for use in extracting ashes a rim-frame for application to the mouth of the ash-pit and provided with an upwardly-turned hook to fit beneath the top of said mouth and with an upwardly-projecting plate for engagement by a projection on the door of said ashpit substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the stove having an ash-pit and a door for closing the month thereof and provided on its inner side with a projecting portion and a cover for use in extracting ashes and provided with a rim-frame having a portion fitting in the mouth of the ashpit and including an upwardly-turned hook for engagement with the upper side of the mouth of the ash-pit and an upwardly-projecting portion or plate for engagement beneath the projection on the door of the ash.- pit substantially as set forth.

7. In a device for use in extracting ashes a flexible cover adapted to fit over and conform to a vessel for receiving the ashes and provided with means for connection with the mouth of the ash-pit and with an opening through which the handle of the ash-withdrawing implement may be inserted and operated substantially as set forth.

8. In a device for use in extracting ashes the combination of the flexible canopy or cover and a rim-frame held thereto and provided with a hopper-like portion flaring into the flexible cover substantially as set forth.

9. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a cover to fit over the vessel for receiving the ashes and a rim-frame connected with said cover and having a chute-plate extending within the cover to direct the ashes well into the receiving vessel substantially as set forth.

10. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a rim-frame having an upwardlyprojecting top plate and an inwardly-flaring bottom plate, and the flexible cover secured to the rear side of the top plate and brought thence over the front side of the bottom plate and secured to the latter substantially near its upper edge, the cover depending from such point of connection whereby the receiving vessel may fit between the said lower plate and such depending portion of the cover substantially as set forth.

11. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a rim-frame for application to the mouth of theash-pit and a cover for the ashreceptacle, said cover being flexibly connected with the rim-frame substantially as set forth.

12. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a rim-frame for application to the mouth of the ash-pit, and the cover for the ash-receptacle having an opening for the shovel-handle and flexibly connected with the rim-frame substantially as set forth.

13. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a cover to fit over the Vessel for receiving the ashes, and a rim-frame connected with said cover and arranged to fit the mouth of the ash-pit substantially as set forth.

1%. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising a cover to fit over the vessel for receiving the ashes, and a rim-frame connected with said cover and provided with a hopper-like portion flaring into the cover substantially as set forth. i

15. A device for use in extracting ashes comprising aeover to fit OVGI the vessel for receiving the ashes, and provided with an opening for the handle of the ash-withdrawing implement, and a rim-frame connected with said cover and arranged for application to the mouth of the ash-pit substantially as described.

ERNEST CHAPIN COLE.

Witnesses:

LYDIA J. M. THIEME, EDWARD LEON DUQUETTE. 

